AuthorsLeveson, N., Turner, C.S.
SourceIEEE ComputerVolume 26Issue 7 (1993)
URLhttp://courses.cs.vt.edu/~cs3604/lib/Therac_25/Therac_1.html
KeywordsSafety Critical System, Death, Real time system, Process failure, Case Study

Notes:

The Therac-25 radiation therapy machine resulted in the death of several patients. The report is quite long, and despite being written in the 1980's there is a lot we can learn from it.